On the State of the Communication Profession in Europe
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2009-05-25
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper presents an investigation into the educational backgrounds, working activities, remunerations and job satisfaction of European communication professionals. Based on factor analysis on a sample of 1410 European communicators, five major working functions are identified: lobbying with external constituencies, advising and reviewing policies, positioning the firm in the marketplace as well as external and internal facilitation. Conducting ANOVA we hold that some of the more technician-related working activities are predominantly exercised by female communication professionals whereas managerial activities are prevalently performed by their male counterparts. As will be shown, while the educational background does not diverge between genders, salaries as well as job satisfaction does, likewise, there are differences regarding educational background, salaries as well as job satisfaction on a European level.
Funding(s)
Language
English
Keywords
communication professionals
Europe
working activities
ANOVA
gender discrepancies
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Event Title
59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)
Event Location
Chicago, IL USA
Event Date
21.-25.05.2009
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
51029